From Reformation to Reformation

Verse 5:[1] Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that (1 Sam. 5:6) mar the land; and ye shall (Josh....

5. Three parts are enumerated. I. The matters conducted under Eli, High Priest and Judge of the people (1 Samuel 1-4). II. The matters...

Verse 4:[1] Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and...

4. An account of the time. The affairs of eighty years are narrated. The affairs that are narrated here are of eighty years. For Eli...

Verse 3:[1] And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not (Ex. 23:15; Deut. 16:16) empty; but in any wise...

[circa 1140 BC] Verse 1:[1] And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. [The Ark was in the region of the...

3. The argument of the book, and also its end and use. The first book contains the matters conducted in the Church and republic under the...

The Philistines consult with the priests how they shall return the ark: they advise to send with it for a trespass-offering five golden...

2. Was the author of the book, Samuel, David, Jeremiah, Ezra, or some other. With respect to the author of these books, most agree that...

1. The names of the book. Samuel, θεόκλητος/theokletos, asked of God. The two books of שמואל/Samuel, or θεοκλήτου/theokletou, asked of...

Verse 10:[1] Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried...

The names of the book.Samuel,θεόκλητος, asked of God, 1. Was the author of the book, Samuel, David, Jeremiah, Ezra, or some other? 2. The...

HOLY FATHERS: Bede, Isidore, Theodoret. REFORMED: Borrhaus, Burman, Cuperus, Drusius, Gwalther,[1] Lavater,[2] Mercerus,[3] Wolf....

Verse 7:[1] And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand...

The two Parts of the book are: I. Ruth’s wretched state, chapters 1, 2: in which are: 1. The sojourning of Elimelech, and the fidelity of...

5. Two parts are exhibited. I. Ruth’s condition, poor and wretched (Ruth 1, 2). II. Her condition, happier and more joyful (Ruth 3, 4). A...

4. The chronology of the same. The history falls in the time of Ehud or Shamgar, about one hundred and twenty-eight years after the...

3. The argument and uses of the book. The argument of the book is plainly comic.[1] That is, it is a narration of the grievous trials and...

Verse 6:[1] But (1 Sam. 5:7, 11; Ex. 9:3; Ps. 32:4; Acts 13:11) the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he (1 Sam. 6:5)...

2. The author of this appears to be the same as of the Book of Judges. That the author of this book is Samuel, the Jews approve: but...